Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held a telephone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake that killed more than 2,000 people in Turkey and Syria.
The severe weather front that has hit Greece since Sunday affecting mainly the eastern and southern parts of Greece will continue until Wednesday with new snowfall at low altitudes of the eastern areas, Evia and Crete, as well as with rain or sleet in the Aegean, according to the new forecast data of the National Observatory of Athens/Meteo.gr.
Greece’s booming tourism is reaching visitors from around the world, so much so that it’s a top 10 destination for long-haul travellers whose flights are more than six hours long.
Schools across Attica will remain closed on Monday 6 February as decided by the Regional Governor of Attica. The statement was made in connection with the arrival of the cyclone “Barbara” on the territory of the country.
As the Attica regional authorities have announced, the public street markets will be closed on Monday 6 February.
Shortly before the elections, the leadership of the Greek Foreign Ministry decided to replace some ambassadors, including those in responsible diplomatic missions. Experts interpret this move by Nikos Dendias as a pre-election move.
The director general of the National Library of Greece (NLG), Dr Filippos Tsimpoglou, died on Thursday at the age of 67 after a brief illness.
The weather front dubbed Barbara is bringing low temperatures, frost, and heavy snowfall even in Athens and other parts of Greece on Sunday.
On Saturday, the ancient Greek city of Eleusis, or Elefsina kicked off festivities to mark its declaration as the 2023 Culture Capital of Europe.
Including the possibility of blizzard-like conditions
Nicos Anastasiades, outgoing President of Cyprus, urged a functional and viable solution to the Cyprus problem during his visit here on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked Greece to support Israel during voting at the UN. The Israeli prime minister made the request during a meeting in Jerusalem with Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias.
Greece has climbed nine places in the “Democracy Index” ranking for 2022 according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) published on Wednesday. Greece’s overall score rose to 7.97 in 2022, up from 7.56 in 2021 lifting the country from 34th place to 25th.
Turkey has accused the U.S. of favoring Greece and losing its “neutrality” if Congress approves the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Greece and opposes Turkey’s F-16 purchase.
Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on Tuesday in joint statements with his Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen that Greece and Israel have forged an enduring partnership at a strategic level, which is based on their common interests and converging perspectives on many challenges.
In a significant upgrade in bilateral relations and of deepening cooperation in areas of mutual interest, a Common Statement of Strategic Cooperation between Greece and Japan was signed on Monday by visiting Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida at the latter’s residence in Tokyo.
The European Commission will file a lawsuit in the European Court of Justice against six countries EU for “failure to prevent the introduction of invasive alien species harmful to European nature”.
Greece hopes to develop even closer ties with Japan, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a Facebook post on Sunday soon after his arrival in the country, where he is on an official visit, while stressing the importance of his visit.
The US Embassy in Athens is partnering with The American College of Greece on the Education Unites 2023 program
Greece hopes to develop even closer ties with Japan, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in a Facebook post on Sunday soon after his arrival in the country, where he is on an official visit, while stressing the importance of his visit.
Stefanos Tsitsipas will become Greece's first Grand Slam champion and a world number one if he wins the Australian Open final on Sunday -- he will have his father to thank if he does.
